Green Fields

Green Fields

Green Fields

1937 1h 37m 6Movie

ComedyRomance

Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish peasants who take him in as a tutor for their children.

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Edgar G. Ulmer

Director

George Moskov

Screenplay

Peretz Hirschbein

Writer

Top Cast

Michael Gorrin

Michael Gorrin

Levy Yitzchok - 'Levi Yitskhok'

Helen Beverly

Helen Beverly

Tzineh - 'Tsine'

Isidore Cashier

Duvid Noiach - 'Dovid-Noich'

Anna Appel

Anna Appel

Rochel - 'Rokhl'

Max Vodnoy

Alkuneh - 'Elkone'

Lea Noemi

Gittel - 'Gitl'